(AP) — The talk in American Legion and Veterans of Foreign War halls and barrooms across Montana has been about Sen. John Walsh since the Democrat linked a cribbed research project he wrote in 2007 to post-traumatic stress disorder. How those veteran voters respond means a lot to Walsh, who has built his election campaign for the Senate around his 33-year career in the National Guard and his proposals to help veterans and their families. [...] is PTSD an excuse or a legitimate factor in the apparent plagiarism in Walsh's strategy research project written for the U.S. Army War College? People who have been through a traumatic experience such as combat can experience post-traumatic stress immediately after the event or years later, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Political analysts have said the plagiarism could be a setback for the former Montana adjutant general and lieutenant governor, but it's not clear whether it will stick in voters' minds in the November election. Savage, who also advocates for veterans and coordinates the Heroes Therapeutic Outreach Program, said the issue shouldn't overshadow what each candidate stands and fights for. [...] even if Walsh did plagiarize his paper, Savage asked, so what?
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